ISLAMABAD – United States State Department in a message to both Pakistanand India has said it supports direct talks between India and Pakistan onthe issue of Jammu and Kashmir, the special status of which was revoked bythe Indian government last month by abrogating Article 370 of theConstitution.
A delegation of the US Council of Muslim Organisations (USCMO) met US StateDepartment’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pakistan Affairs Ervin Massingain Washington this week” where the delegation had reportedly conveyed their’concern’ for the state of Jammu and Kashmir and India’s decision to endits special status of August 5.
The report added that the delegation also urged the United States to play amore direct role in ‘easing tensions’ between the two nuclear-armedcountries, India and Pakistan.
A September 7 tweet by the American Bureau of South and Central AsianAffairs (SCA) read, “The US continues to support direct dialogue betweenIndia and Pakistan on Kashmir and other issues of concern—a messagestressed in Deputy Assistant Secretary Massinga’s recent meeting with@USCMO leadership. AGW.”
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This comes amid tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad, which wereworsened with the abrogation of Article 370 by the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led NDA government on August 5 this year.
